Struck by object or equipment rolling freely · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Quantem Aviation Services LLC, 9597 Benford Road, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32872
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading cargo containers off an airplane when an airline shipping container began to roll off the platform. As he attempted to stop it, the container struck his right arm and pinned it against another container. His right arm broke, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was connecting a transportation dolly to three other dollies to make a train of four dollies. The tongue of a dolly went under another dolly. The employee's fingers remained on the handle and the dolly continued forward. The employee's middle finger was caught between the handle and the connecting pin guard resulting in amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was on the tarmac on a deck loader when they began to feel faint, dizzy, and incoherent, resulting in hospitalization for a heat-related illness.
An employee was moving a transferring container out from an air loader to a dolly to roll the container into a warehouse. She started to lift the lock on the dolly and was trying to secure the container to the dolly when her right hand was crushed between the dolly and the container. Her ring and middle fingers were crushed, requiring surgery.
An employee was connecting a dolly to a trailer. The equipment rolled away, causing the employee's left index finger to be crushed between the trailer and the dolly. The employee sustained amputation of the fingertip.
On October 17, 2023, at 9:55 p.m., an employee was working on a ramp while moving merchandise from a cargo loader to a dolly. The employee was putting the locks on the dolly and transferring a unit load device containing packages when she realized the lock was in the down position. As she attempted to fix the lock, the unit load device started moving toward the dolly, and the employee became wedged between the dolly and the device. The employee suffered an injury to her lower left leg.
Two employees were shaking out steel beams and standing them vertically. One beam was hit, causing the other beams to fall. A beam then rolled over an employee's left shin and fractured it. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
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